US Government Investigating George Washington University for Alleged Antisemitic Discrimination

By: Dion J. Pierre | The Algemeiner | April 5, 2023 The US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into George Washington University to determine whether administrators allowed a professor to discriminate against Jewish students. George Washington University professor Lara Sheehi. Photo: Twitter. In January, StandWithUs, an educational nonprofit, […]

Dept. of Education to Investigate Antisemitism Complaint Against GWU

By: Aaron Bandler | Jewish Journal | April 5, 2023 The complaint, filed in January, alleged that the university failed to take proper action against Assistant Professor of Psychology Lara Sheehi, who is accused in the complaint of targeting and invalidating the identities of Jewish Israeli students in her class and then retaliating against them […]

Civil Rights Office Opens Investigation Into George Washington University Over Alleged Antisemitism

By: Kate Anderson | Daily Caller | April 4, 2023 The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is launching an investigation into George Washington University (GWU) due to allegations of antisemitism from one of the school’s professors, according to StandWithUs (SWU), an antisemitism watchdog organization. GWU professor Lara Sheehi was the subject of […]

GWU Says an Investigation Cleared It of Anti-Semitism. Why Won’t It Release the Report?

By: Alana Goodman | The Washington Free Beacon | March 30, 2023 George Washington University professor Lara Sheehi / Twitter Professor Lara Sheehi tweeted: ‘FUCK ZIONISM, ZIONISTS, AND SETTLER COLONIALISM.’ That’s OK by GWU. George Washington University on Monday trumpeted the results of an investigation that allegedly cleared the university and Professor Lara Sheehi of […]

Holocaust Remembrance to highlight women resisters

Main Street Daily News By Ronnie Lovler April 10, 2023 Alachua County’s Jewish community and others will gather Sunday to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day — or Yom HaShoah as it is known in Hebrew — to recall horrors that killed at least six million European Jews and millions more during World War II. Dr. Nili […]

Education about Israel is the ‘Road to Peace’

It is incumbent upon all of us to actively engage in finding solutions to antisemitism. Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By Julie Paris April 20, 2023 As Israel approaches its 75th anniversary, there is so much to celebrate. Zionism, the belief that Jewish people have the right to self-determination in our ancestral homeland, has flourished from a […]

Social-media users post Israeli flags for ‘Dees Day’

A grieving husband and father urges people everywhere to share photos of themselves with Israeli flags to honor his wife and daughters. Jewish News Syndicate April 10, 2023 Rabbi Leo Dee urged social-media users to post flags of Israel in memory of his wife and two daughters, who were shot and killed in a terror […]

Yom HaShoah Marked with Poignant Ceremony

At a candle-lighting ceremony for Yom HaShoah, six candles were lit for the six million murdered Jews during the Holocaust; one candle was lit for the non-Jews who perished; and one was ignited for those whom Roz Rothstein, CEO of StandWithUs, described as “victims of Palestinian terrorism.” Beverly Hills Courier By Ryan Torok April 20, […]

Statement on Passover Terrorist Attack on British-Israeli Family in Israel

StandWithUs UK is horrified at the terrorist murder of two British-Israeli sisters, Rina Dee, 16, and Maia Dee, 20. They were in a car driven by their mother Lucy Dee who is fighting for her life, a result of terrible injuries caused to her during the shooting attack by Palestinian terrorists. The terrorists who murdered […]

OCR Opens Investigation Into SWU Title VI Complaint Against GW – April 2023

(Washington DC – April 4, 2023) — On April 4, 2023, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) informed StandWithUs that it is opening a full investigation into our Title VI complaint alleging antisemitic discrimination and retaliation against Jewish and Israeli students at George Washington University (GW). StandWithUs filed its Title VI complaint […]

‘Musical retelling’ of Exodus story aims to bridge Jewish, African-American communities

“This is not a seder,” said Peggy Shapiro of StandWithUs. “This event is meant to tell the story of the extraordinary journey from slavery to freedom.” The Jewish News Syndicate Bradley Martin March 28, 2023 (left to right) Peggy Shapiro, Sheri Ross (SWU Midwest president); Pastor TJ Grooms (assistant pastor at New Beginnings Church), and […]

George Washington University Gaslights Jewish Students and Denies Antisemitism

Professor Lara Sheehi tweeted: ‘FUCK ZIONISM, ZIONISTS, AND SETTLER COLONIALISM.’ That’s OK by GWU. The Algemeiner Roz Rothstein March 31, 2023 The George Washington University President’s Office. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. StandWithUs was unsurprised to learn that George Washington University (GW) has exonerated itself from all culpability after hiring a third-party law firm to investigate the […]

GWU Says an Investigation Cleared It of Anti-Semitism. Why Won’t It Release the Report?

Professor Lara Sheehi tweeted: ‘FUCK ZIONISM, ZIONISTS, AND SETTLER COLONIALISM.’ That’s OK by GWU. The Washington Free Beacon Alana Goodman March 30, 2023 George Washington University professor Lara Sheehi / Twitter George Washington University on Monday trumpeted the results of an investigation that allegedly cleared the university and Professor Lara Sheehi of anti-Semitism. But the […]

StandWithUs Disappointed with Georgia Senate for Stalling HB 144 AGAINST ANTISEMITISM

(Atlanta, Georgia – March 29, 2023) — On March 29, 2023, the Georgia Senate adjourned, letting HB 144 expire, after multiple attempts in the Senate to halt its progress by offering hostile amendments. HB 144 would have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism into Georgia code and ensure that state […]

‘Musical retelling’ of Exodus story aims to bridge Jewish, African-American communities

“This is not a seder,” said Peggy Shapiro of StandWithUs. “This event is meant to tell the story of the extraordinary journey from slavery to freedom.” Jewish News Syndicate By Bradley Martin New Year’s Day 2023: (From left) Peggy Shapiro, director of special projects for StandWithUs Midwest; Sheri Ross (SWU Midwest president); Pastor TJ Grooms […]

StandWithUs Statement on GWU Findings re: Title VI Complaint

On March 27, 2023, GW announced that its internal investigation into antisemitism in a mandatory psychology course, carried out by a firm that GW selected and hired , has fully exonerated the university. Yet GW apparently has not released the report itself. If the university wants its description of the results of the investigation to […]

StandWithUs Joins the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism campaign to #StandUpToJewishHate

Founded by Robert Kraft, FCAS Introduces the Blue Square as a Unifying Symbol Against Antisemitism (Foxboro, Massachusetts – March 27, 2023) – StandWithUs announced today it has joined the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism as an official partner of #StandUpToJewishHate, their new national campaign to mobilize all Americans, and especially non-Jews, to combat antisemitism by using […]

Anti-Defamation League report shows New York with most antisemitism incidents in 2022

Hate crimes are on the rise according to troubling evidence released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League. CBS2’s Kristie Keleshian has the details and reaction. CBS New York By Kristie Keleshian, Elijah Westbrook Updated On: March 24, 2023 NEW YORK — Hate crimes are on the rise, according to troubling data released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation […]